- present tense form of rocket (3rd person singular).
rockets
Example Sentences
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That has left the kingdom searching for friends beyond Washington, for allies ready to put rockets where the rhetoric is and assist in a fight Saudi Arabia considers existential.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The flow of small arms, drones and small-diameter, short-range rockets from Iran initially slowed while Tehran focused on fighting the U.S., but ramped up this summer, a U.S. official said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The company wants to launch thousands of rockets each year from a planned spaceport in Louisiana.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
The space company wants to rapidly boost revenue over the next few years, betting its huge rockets will make it a powerful industry player.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
I’d agreed to launch it close to the mine because I didn’t really think our rockets were going to work.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
